Covering for boilers



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

I. NEWTON PEIEOE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COVERING FOR BOILERS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,077, dated December 28, 1880.

Application filed October 23, 1880. (Model.) v

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, I. NEWTON PEIRCE, of Philadelphia, county ot Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and linproved Support for Non-Oond-uctin g Coverings for Steanroilers and Steam-Pipes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved support for non conducting covering made of sheet-iron or other metal plates, withY small iianges which rest upon the surface of the boiler or steam-pipe to support the felt and keep it from coming in close Contact withthe steam-boiler or steam-pipe.

The following is an exact description of my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, A represents a single sheet-iron plate, with anges t a, and with the surface b made dat or arched, to correspond with surface of theusteainboiler or steam-pipe to be covered. Fig. 2 represents several of these sheet-iron plates A placed together, wit-h the anges c c resting against each other, and the edges of the flanges a c resting upon the surface of the steam-boiler or steam-pipe O, and the wholetied together ready for some suitable non-conducting covering to'be applied to the outer surface, d d. The iianges a, a may be fastened together by small lips made in the ilanges or by means of pins or wire keys.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The boiler and pipe covering herein described, consisting of the segmental sheet-iron plates A A, provided with the langes c a, constructed and arranged substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

I. NEWTON PEIROE.

Witnesses:

WM. W. SMITHEES, G. STROBEL SULLIVAN. 

